TOPIC 7 - détente + search for world peace

Question 1

Détente = ….

Answer 1

Reduction in tension

Question 2

…. Set up after Cuba = ….

Answer 2

Hotline
Improved communication

Question 3

Linkage = Nixon policy to …

Answer 3

Offer concessions

Question 4

Nixon played …. against one another

Answer 4

Soviet leaders off

Question 5

Nixon visited ….. in 1972

Answer 5

China + Moscow

Question 6

Soviet leader …. Worried about potential …..

Answer 6

Brezhnev
Chinese-US alliance

Question 7

Brezhnev doctrine = ……

Answer 7

USSR would put down any attempted uprisings against communism

Question 8

SALT = ….

Answer 8

Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty

Question 9

What was SALT?

Answer 9

No further production of short range missiles

Question 10

SALT II = ban on …..
Voided by …… in …

Answer 10

Construction of land based missiles
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
1979

Question 11

Helsinki Agreements in ….
USSR accepts that …..
Closer …. between nations

Answer 11

1975
West Germany exists
Links

Question 12

In …., American Ping Pong team invited to ….. - first ….. since ….

Answer 12

1971
China
US citizens to do so
1949

Question 13

Trading embargo lifted in …..

Answer 13

1971

Question 14

Nixon visits China in …. = better …. And reduced …..

Answer 14

1972
Relations
Tension over Vietnam

Question 15

Communist revolution in Afghanistan in ….

Answer 15

1978

Question 16

…. (Guerrilla army) declared …. (holy war) on ….

Answer 16

Mujahdeen
Jihad
Amin’s government

Question 17

In 1979 - …. Troops from the USSR invade ….. - relationship ……

Answer 17

50,000
Afghanistan
Deteriorates again

Question 18

USA concerned about potential Soviet …..

Answer 18

Control of oil supplies

Question 19

President Carter adopted …. Towards the USSR

Answer 19

Firm approach

Question 20

Carter Doctrine promised ……

Answer 20

Military aid to all nations bordering Afghanistan

Question 21

US companies forbidden to …… with USSR

Answer 21

Trade high tech goods

Question 22

Carter pressured US Olympic team to ….

Answer 22

Boycott 1980 Moscow Olympics

Question 23

Reagan adopted ….. approach than ….. - called USSR ‘…..’

Answer 23

Even firmer
Carter
‘Evil Empire’

Question 24

Star Wars initiative = ‘…..’ = …..

Answer 24

‘Nuclear umbrella’
Lasers in space intercept missiles

Question 25

Gorbachev = …..

Answer 25

Last leader of the USSR

Question 26

Gorbachev recognised ….

Answer 26

Limitations of communism

Question 27

Perestroika = …..

Answer 27

Economic reforms

Question 28

Glasnost = ….

Answer 28

Censorship of press relaxed

Question 29

Arms race with USA ended at …… in ….. with ….. followed by ….. in ….. and ……

Answer 29

Geneva Conference November 1985 Reagan Washington 1987 INF treaty

Question 30

By 1991, …. weapons destroyed

Answer 30

2692

Question 31

…. Of Gorbachev and Reagan important in …..

Answer 31

Wives Bringing them together

Question 32

Malta conference in ….. = …. And …. = Cold War …..

Answer 32

1989 Bush Snr Gorbachev Over

Question 33

Strategic Arms Reduction + Limitation Treaty (…..) in …..

Answer 33

START 1 1990-91

Question 34

Gorbachev stopped Soviet ……

Answer 34

Interference in Poland and Czechoslovakia

Question 35

Sinatra Doctrine = members of ….. could make changes without threat of ….. - reversing …..

Answer 35

Warsaw Pact USSR invasion Brezhnev Doctrine

Question 36

Weakened communism in …..

Answer 36

Eastern Europe

Question 37

East German gov announced opening of ….. on …..

Answer 37

Border crossing into west Germany 9th Nov 1989

Question 38

German people began ……

Answer 38

Dismantling the wall

Question 39

West and East officially united in ….

Answer 39

October 1990

Question 40

German joined …. - Warsaw Pact ….

Answer 40

NATO gone

Question 41

Satellite states moved …..

Answer 41

Easily away from USSR

Question 42

Gorbachev resigned in ….. - USSR …. - Cold War was …..

Answer 42

Dec 1991 Collapsed Over

Question 43

….. forced to abdicate in Jan 1979

Answer 43

Reza Pahlavi

Question 44

Vital oil interests in …..

Answer 44

Gulf + Iran

Question 45

Iran under control of ….. leaders ….. - called USA ‘….’

Answer 45

Fundamentalist religious Khomeini Great Satan

Question 46

In …… - 66 Americans taken hostage at …..

Answer 46

Nov 1979 US Embassy in Tehran

Question 47

Hostage takers demanded ….. - Carter …

Answer 47

Extradition of the Shah Refused

Question 48

Rescue attempt failed in …..

Answer 48

Apr 1980

Question 49

20 mins after Reagan became President, ……

Answer 49

52 American hostages released

Question 50

Iraq leader = …. - invaded …. in ….

Answer 50

Saddam Hussein Kuwait August 1990

Question 51

USA - military action to remove …. From …… successful by …..

Answer 51

Iraqis Kuwait Feb 1991